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New here and want to learn

Hi, Im new here and I want to learn field trials, I haven't ever been to one. What are the different categories you can run the dog in? I have heard the term, Derby, Open, Ametuer but I have no clue what any of them mean. And what is required of the dog in each one? If you could fill me in that would be most helpful.

Derby = dogs under two years of age
Qualifyer = If your dog becomes Qualified All Age you can enter the restricted stakes
Amateur = No professionals
Open= eveyone can run(only the best dogs should enter)

Hey BigBoy,
Tell us what part of the world you are in and I bet we can tell you about a retriever club in your neck of the woods. Then these folk can give you a demonstration and help evaluate your dogs level of work. And steer you to a trial for you to see.

"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold

"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin

What is usually involved in a Qualifier? Is it relatively open fields or water. Are there poision birds, diversions? What's required at the line.....what happens if dog creeps or has a controlled break? Newbie here and wanted some information. I will be attending some events in the future.
Thanks in advance!